Why invest? This is the deceptively simple question that it’s difficult to start any guide to investing without asking. So,…
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How do your bank’s investing and advice services stack up?
Britain’s biggest banks axed or scaled back investment services following a clean-up of the financial industry that banned cosy backdoor…
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The Santa Rally is real: UK investors do usually get a December run
Just as young children eagerly anticipate the arrival of a jolly red and white suited man delivering gifts in December,…
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Wells Fargo doesn’t appear ready to cut off business with gun sellers
Wells Fargo doesn't appear willing to wade as far as some of its peers into the raging gun-control debate.
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MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Why Ramsdens’ pawn shops could put sparkle in your portfolio
Location spread: Ramsdens is based in Middlesbrough and most of its stores are in the North of England The group…
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PRUDENT INVESTOR: I took a 5.5% October haircut — but it could have been far worse
The early autumn stock market storms seem to have abated for now — but how much damage has been done?…
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INVESTMENT EXTRA: Is it time to get away from travel company Thomas Cook?
The unrelenting summer sun has begun to feel like a distant memory – except for travel companies. A heatwave that…
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Elizabeth Warren wants to grill Fed’s John Williams on Wells Fargo
John Williams' cross-country path from the San Francisco to the New York Fed could be a bumpy one.A committee that…
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No ‘gunslinger,’ but manager of this top-performing fund finds success
Mark Oelschlager, manager of the Morningstar five-star rated Pin Oak Equity fund (POGSX), learned a lot from his father about…
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Wall Street analyst makes an evidence-based case for holding (or ‘HODLing’) bitcoin for long term
Looking through the lens of stock investing, a Wall Street analyst says bitcoin is an attractive buy while it remains…
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What do cryptic investment fund names mean?
Investment fund names are often a baffling mixture of fancy but vague words, which mean little to people who aren’t…
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